Daniel Judge
New member
Everything went wrong. I always use lump charcoal since where I live, briquettes are real hard to find. My rubbed 6 pound brisket went in the WSM around 9pm. My Digiq DX was connected and monitoring Brisket temps and Cabinet temperature. I used a whole bag of lump and put a full chiminey load of lit coals. At 10pm temperature went skyrocket to 360!! I wanted to keep it at 225. I realized perhaps water was needed in the pan at this point (empty pan at first) and I added a gallon of cold water. Temperature fell to 260 at about 1am. I woke up at 5:50 am to check and the temp was at 150. I had to add more coal since it was all almost burned up. Termperature came up to 230 and was stable till about 10pm when the Brisket IT was at 195. I pulled it off. Realized that it was really dark (Black thick bark). FTC for 6 more hours. Finally I took it out of the cooler, foil and towel and I had to sharpen my knife twice because of how hard and dry it was. Very greasy in some parts, very dry in others. Thick black bark, (very nice smoke ring though). It's been one hard shoeleather experience.
I want to try again, I'm thinking that brikettes are a MUST, lump is too volatile and short lasting for such a long cook. I'm thinking only half or 1/4 a chimeney of lit coals. Definitely water in the water pan. Some recomend foiling when IT reaches 150, perhaps this keeps moisture in and prevents drying?
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Even with my Digiq DX I had an awful night and terrible results.
I want to try again, I'm thinking that brikettes are a MUST, lump is too volatile and short lasting for such a long cook. I'm thinking only half or 1/4 a chimeney of lit coals. Definitely water in the water pan. Some recomend foiling when IT reaches 150, perhaps this keeps moisture in and prevents drying?
Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Even with my Digiq DX I had an awful night and terrible results.